Chapter Twenty-Seven: Pretending to be Forced to Be Struck by Lightning
Tao Ying, who had left Xuzhou for more than three months, was not recruited by Tao Qian, and suddenly returned to Pengcheng from Wuxian, Tao Ying's close relatives Tao Qian and Tao merchants were overjoyed, but the civil and military officials in Xuzhou City were not so happy - Xuzhou officials had just mentioned the matter of establishing a successor in front of Tao Qian, only a day later, Tao Ying, who was Tao Qian's second son, ran back to Xuzhou like a fly smelling blood, what was this for? Is it to humble himself with the potter, or to grab the position of the son-in-law?
Hearing the news of Tao Ying's sudden return, Mi Zhu and Mi Fang brothers were of course ecstatic, understanding that Tao Ying finally showed some fox tails, provoking the pottery merchant and Tao Ying's brothers to turn against each other. But after seeing the potter rushing home from the banquet to greet the second brother, the Mizhu brothers inevitably sank their hearts again, and they faintly felt that they were too willing, overestimating the ambition and greed of Tao Qian's stupid son Tao Merchant, and might not really let the potter and Tao Ying kill each other.
With such a complicated mood, the Mizhu brothers had no choice but to send a messenger to Xiaopei overnight to report to Liu Bei the movements of Tao Ying and the reaction of the pottery merchants, and ask Liu Bei to indicate the next plan. However, to the surprise of the Mi Zhu brothers, at noon on the second day when Tao Ying returned to the city, Tao Qian suddenly sent someone to summon Mi Zhu, although Mi Zhu, who was a different driver in Xuzhou, was suspicious, but Tao Qian summoned him and couldn't help but go, so Mi Zhu had to follow the order, change into official clothes and hurried to Tao Mansion to meet him. And Mi Fang couldn't rest assured that her brother was safe, so she personally led dozens of entourages to accompany Mi Zhu to Tao Mansion and waited for Mi Zhu's news outside the door.
After Mi Zhu entered Tao Qian's Thorn History Mansion, Mi Fang led his entourage to wait anxiously outside the door for a long time, Mi Zhu finally came out of the Thorn History Mansion safe and sound, Mi Fang breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly stepped forward, and couldn't wait to ask: "Brother, how's it?" What did Tao Qian call you for? ”
Mi Zhu's face was a little strange, and he replied after a while: "The lord proposes marriage for his son, and wants you and me to marry my little sister Mi Zhen to his second son Tao Ying, and marry Qin and Jin." ”
"Marry the little sister to Tao Ying'er?" Mi Fang was stunned at first, and then said angrily: "Tiger girl Anken marries a dog?!" Tao Qian'er is so shameless, Tao Ying'er is as cheap as a guinea dog, and she is also worthy of our little sister? Brother, you must not agree to this! ”
"Thou shalt silence!" Mi Zhu hurriedly shouted in a low voice, looked left and right, and then looked back at the gate of Taofu not far away, and saw that no one noticed, so he scolded Mi Fang: "Brother Xian, if you can't control your mouth and temper anymore, sooner or later, you will die on your reckless surname!" What is this place, can you say such a thing? ”
"The younger brother is guilty, but the younger brother is really angry that Tao Ying Xiaoer's toad wants to eat swan meat!" Mi Fang whispered angrily: "Little brother dares to bet on the head, this matter must be instructed by Tao Ying Xiaoer behind the scenes, then when Xiao'er and Xiaomei met, I already saw that Xiao'er coveted our little sister!" Brother, you didn't say yes, did you? ”
"Of course I won't push my little sister into the fire pit, what kind of thing is Tao Ying Xiao'er, and she is worthy of our little sister?" Mi Zhu snorted coldly, and said with a calm face: "But in this way, you and my brother have also completely offended Tao Qian, from now on, Tao Qian Lao'er is afraid that he will never trust you and my brother again." ”
"What are you afraid of him doing?" Mi Fang sneered in a low voice: "If Lao Er really dares to tear his face, Xuande Gong just has an excuse to send troops, saving so much trouble." ”
Speaking of this, Mi Fang's heart suddenly moved, and she hurriedly whispered: "Brother, the younger brother suddenly thought, why don't our brothers ask Xuande Gong for the little sister and marry the little sister to Xuande Gong?" In this way, wouldn't the relationship between you and my brother and Xuande Gong be even closer? ”
"I also had this intention for a long time, but Xuande Gong already has a wife, so it's inconvenient to speak." Mi Zhu replied casually, and urged: "Let's get in the car first, this is not the place to talk, and when we get home, our brothers will discuss it carefully." ”
Mi Fang agreed, quickly invited Mi Zhu to the side of the carriage, carried Mi Zhu into the carriage, when entering the carriage, Mi Zhu inadvertently turned his head to look at the gate of Tao Mansion, and accidentally found Tao Ying in civilian clothes, I don't know when he had stood in front of the door with his hands behind his back, and was looking at his brother with a smile, Mi Zhu's heart suddenly sank, and his heart said that this child was really terrible, and he was rejected for his marriage, and he could still smile so sincerely and cordially, and his city was so deep, I am afraid that it can be compared with Xuande Gong!
Vigilance is vigilance, but Mi Zhu didn't want to be polite with Tao Ying, he got into the carriage and lowered the curtain, and ordered the carriage to turn around and leave, Tao Ying didn't go up to be polite with the Mi Zhu brothers, just smiled and watched the Mi Zhu brothers leave, until the Mi Zhu brothers' convoy completely disappeared around the corner of the street, Tao Ying shook his head and sighed: "You don't want the last chance, don't blame me for being unkind in the future." ”
After sighing, Tao Ying turned around and prepared to enter the door, never thinking that a vaguely familiar whisper of cheers suddenly came from behind, "Tao Ying, Tao Ying!" Tao should stink silver thief! ”
Tao Ying quickly turned his head and looked for a sound, but saw a person in a Confucian shirt with a long sword more than a dozen steps away, with handsome eyebrows and a smile like a flower, who was not the Lin Qing who refused to reveal his true identity when he said anything?
"Brother Xian, Brother Lin Xian!" Tao Ying was not polite, ran to Lin Qing in three steps and two steps, took advantage of Lin Qing's lack of reaction, and directly hugged Lin Qing on the street, while smelling Lin Qing's tempting body fragrance, he laughed affectionately and said: "Brother Xian, don't go for a few months, the foolish brother really wants to kill you!" ”
Shouting, Tao Ying was still holding Lin Qing and shaking again and again, the devil's claws kept wandering on Lin Qing's back, Lin Qing was so ashamed that his face was flushed, he wanted to scream but didn't dare to call in the street, so he had to desperately push Tao Ying away, pretending to be a man and said: "Brother, this is the street, although you and I haven't seen each other for a long time, there is no need to be like this." ”
"There, there, as it should be, as it should be." Tao Ying smiled and took Lin Qing's little hand, laughed and said: "I have been separated from my brother for more than three months, I really miss it very much, and if I don't make love with my brother, it's really hard to express the excitement in my brother's heart." Brother Xian, please go to the foolish brother's house and sit down, the foolish brother must talk to you today, drink and sleep, and talk about goodbye. ”
Hearing the words "Falling asleep on his feet", Lin Qing's little face almost turned the color of pig liver, and he couldn't wait to immediately draw his sword and cut Tao Ying, but seeing the curious passers-by around him and the guards in front of Tao's mansion, Lin Qing finally decided to spare Tao Ying's life for the time being, break free from Tao Ying's clutches, and said with a fake hand: "Little brother doesn't dare to disturb, if brother has time, can he accompany little brother to walk outside the city?" ”
"That's not good, it's rare for a virtuous brother to come to the door, how can a foolish brother not fulfill the friendship of the landlord?" Tao Ying hurriedly shook his head, and went to pull Lin Qing's white and tender little hand again, "Brother Xian, please hurry, Brother Foolish, let people clean the bedroom, prepare wine and food, you and I will go to the room to drink and chant poetry, and when we get drunk, we will ...... directly." ”
"Are you going?!" Lin Qing finally couldn't bear to shout in a low voice, and subconsciously pressed the hilt of the sword, his whole body was full of murderous energy.
"Since the virtuous brother sincerely invited, the foolish brother had no choice but to accompany him to the end." Tao Ying reluctantly made concessions, grabbed Lin Qing's little hand again, and said with a smile: "Brother Xian, please, you and my brother, we will join hands in Xuzhou today." ”
Originally, he wanted to come to Tao Ying to settle old accounts, but he was taken advantage of one after another, Lin Qing was so angry that his face was red and white, but it was not good to attack in public, and he couldn't break free from Tao Ying's claws like iron tongs, so he had to let Tao Ying pull him, and accompanied Tao Ying to visit Xuzhou City with a fever on his face.
Walking out of the sight of the Taofu guards, of course the murderous Lin Qing wanted to drill into the alley where no one was, Tao Ying of course refused to kill himself, and pulled Lin Qing just to squeeze in a crowded place, Lin Qing struggled a few times and didn't earn it, so he had to reprimand Tao Ying in a low voice: "Stinky silver thief, if you don't want to die, let me go quickly, what do two big men look like?" ”
"What's wrong with men walking the streets hand in hand?" Tao Ying laughed very badly, "Haven't you heard of it?" When Xuande Gong and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei first got acquainted, they joined hands in Zhang Fei and Zhang Yide's manor, and then there was the later Taoyuan Three Knots - you and I are like brothers and sisters, and we have the friendship of sleeping in the same room, why not travel to Xuzhou hand in hand? ”
Hearing Tao Ying's words, if it weren't for the street, Lin Qing would definitely chop Tao Ying up, but in front of passers-by on the street, Lin Qing had no choice but to swallow his anger back into his stomach, and forced a smile and said: "Brother, the younger brother is also for your good, brother, you are the second son of Xuzhou Mu, and the younger brother is a man who travels in the market, which is not good for the reputation of the elder brother - if people misunderstand that the elder brother is as good as Longyang, then the younger brother will be guilty." ”
"It's okay, the foolish brother doesn't care." Tao Yingtian smiled shamelessly: "It's not bad for people to misunderstand that Brother Fool has the good of Longyang, at least, Brother Fool doesn't have to have a headache to deal with the matchmaker who comes to the door every day, if Brother Xian can really help Brother Fool get rid of this trouble, Brother Fool is grateful." ”
"Gross." Lin Qing put on a very exaggerated vomiting posture, and said angrily: "Please be careful when you speak, I just had lunch, don't let me vomit!" Also, please find a bronze mirror to take a photo, just like you, that girl will take a fancy to you when she is blind? ”
Speaking of this, Lin Qing paused for a moment, and then asked narrowly: "But it's not impossible, for example, that Cao Lingcao girl is very compatible with you." ”
"Brother Xian, please don't mention that Cao Ling girl, okay?" Tao Ying smiled bitterly, "As soon as I think of that Cao Ling girl's appearance, I want to vomit out last night's dinner." ”
Lin Qing didn't accompany Tao Ying to smile bitterly, and the murderous aura on his body became thicker and thicker, and he snorted: "Except for that ugly monster, I really can't think of anyone who is so blind?" Let's talk about it, I'm going to ask that girl, is she sure that she can't get married, and can take the initiative to send a matchmaker to propose marriage? Have it? ”
"Who says no?" Of course, Deputy Director Tao refused to bear such humiliation, and he couldn't help but make the same mistakes at the clean government meeting before, so he didn't want to brag nonsense: "In front of my house just now, didn't you see Mi Zhu Bei in Xuzhou, he came to the door to propose marriage, and wanted to marry his sister Mi Zhen to me." ”
Tao Ying was cheeky and bragging, but Lin Qing's reaction surprised Tao Ying, Lin Qing, who was still alive and dead just now, couldn't break free from Tao Ying's claws, suddenly pulled out his little hand, paused, and looked at Tao Ying with blazing eyes.
"Are you jealous?" Tao Ying was happy in his heart, but his face showed a serious look, avoiding Lin Qing's gaze, turning his gaze to the people on the street, and said lightly: "You also know that our Tao family is from Danyang, and there are no relatives in Xuzhou, but Mi Beijia is the richest man in Xuzhou, and he has deep roots in Xuzhou. ”
After sighing, Tao Ying closed his eyes in pain, pretending to be forced to the point of reaching the peak, and at the same time waiting for Lin Qing's voice that was so sour that he could definitely soak sauerkraut - and then Deputy Director Tao told Lin Qing very shyly that he already had a sweetheart, so he didn't agree to the Mi family's marriage - if Lin Qing forced Deputy Director Tao to ask who his sweetheart was, Deputy Director Tao reluctantly said that his sweetheart was Lin Mingqing with a red face, and she didn't marry!
Left and right didn't see Lin Qing speak, Tao Ying opened his eyes suspiciously, but saw that Lin Qing's position just now was empty, I don't know where he went, Tao Ying looked left and right and couldn't see Fang, and suddenly cried out bitterly, "Don't pretend to be forced, pretend to be forced to be struck by thunder!" It's okay now, not only Sister Mi can't see it and can't eat it, but Sister Lin, who has hope to her mouth, also flies. This little girl, why does the vinegar smell so strong?! ”